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Trails Lead to Community Success in Rio Grande Valley Region: The Caracara Trails
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April 1, 2021

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A New Funding Opportunity: Collaborative Innovations for Community Health
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March 29, 2021

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Community Challenge Talk: Meet Ten Inspiring Texans
Year after year, one of the things we love most about the Community Challenge is the incredible sense of camaraderie….…
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February 18, 2020

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Championing Health in New Braunfels, Texas: An Interview with Micaeli Smith
As the Physical Education, Health & Wellness Coordinator for Comal ISD, Micaeli Smith supports coordinated school health and other wellness……
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May 17, 2019

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Be Well Baytown: Putting Knowledge Into Action
Baytown, TX is the first stop in our free Building Healthier Communities workshop series for Texans seeking more effective ways to collaborate for community health. As the inaugural site for the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Be Well…
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May 17, 2019

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Keep Up The #CommunityChallenge Momentum: Maintain a Healthy Lifestyle Year-Round
The #CommunityChallenge is over, and over 25,000 Texans formed new healthy habits during the Challenge. From exercising more, eating healthier foods, to drinking more water you worked hard to transform health across Texas.…
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March 6, 2019

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Community Engagement Matters
– By Jose Rodriguez, Stronger Austin Intern, Spring 2019…
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February 28, 2019

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Ideas to Create a Healthy Community
The #CommunityChallenge is about building a healthy community, but doesn’t work without the involvement of the hardworking people! You don’t have to be the mayor to engage the people around you, you just need to be passionate about practicing a…
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February 12, 2019

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Setting SMART New Year’s Resolutions
With 2019 just around the corner, you might be thinking about your New Year’s resolutions. Is getting healthy on the list?…
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December 27, 2018

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IT’S TIME TEXAS Community Challenge: Five Winning Strategies to Help Your Community Rise to the Top
Does your community have all systems ready to be successful in the 2019 IT’S TIME TEXAS Community Challenge?! To help your community be successful, we’ve rounded up some helpful tips from previous winners.…
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December 3, 2018

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A Healthy Win to Celebrate Choose Healthier
What would you do with $500? Maybe take a road trip with your friends or family?…
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July 17, 2018